FANTASTIC AFRICAN BULB SEED LIST

[Paul T]

Lesley,

To be seen next to Dame Edna THEY had to be larger than life as well.  if she had the little species types of Glad they'd be completely overwhelmed by her presence (as so many people are  ).  I think large and ostentatious is quite fitting when it comes to Dame E. 

[Rogan]

You have Dame Edna, we have Evita Bezuidenhout!   

[Rogan]

Thanks Maggi, I have followed your advice and contacted Rachel at Silverhill Seeds.

[Lesley Cox]

You have Dame Edna, we have Evita Bezuidenhout!   

Bring it on, or her, rather. Can we see some pictures please?

[mark smyth]

I can tell you Evita is by far better looking than our, N Irelands, tranny May McFettridge

[Paul T]

Mark,

Geez, you're not wrong!!    I must admit I went and looked up Evita after Rogan's reference.  I didn't realise that we all had national identities like this. 

[Rogan]

Evita Bezuidenhout (aka. Pieter-Dirk Uys) is a wonderfully funny political satirist who rose to fame during the apartheid error (sic!). Now she's turned her attention to the ANC, and nobody gets off lightly either!

I like this portrait of her:

[Luc Gilgemyn]

I can tell you Evita is by far better looking than our, N Irelands, tranny May McFettridge

Surely, none of these species are grown from bulbs ?? 

[Rogan]

You're quite right of course Luc, perhaps we should start a new thread under the appropriate heading - it was my fault for leading us all astray... 

[Paul T]

Rogan,

All the "subtle" symbolism in that portrait is brilliant!! 

[Luc Gilgemyn]

 

[WimB]

Surely, none of these species are grown from bulbs ?? 

Luc, I hope not, imagine "Madame de Coeur Brisé"  or "Rosa Vermeulen" sprouting in your garden from a Crocus bulb. I'm certain I wouldn't want that, I'm horrified by the idea alone, think about it, what should you need to feed a bulb like that 

[Lesley Cox]

I can tell you Evita is by far better looking than our, N Irelands, tranny May McFettridge

Surely, none of these species are grown from bulbs ??  

Well they certainly aren't grown from seeds.

[cohan]

!!!
my goodness..at least these latest mentioned flowers are not likely to have the rapid expiry plaguing the south african seed trade! (did i say trade?!)

rogan--not surprising to be upset by unauthorised photo use (actually, i think some text seemed familiar as well--pacific bulb society,maybe?...) much less second hand seed! very unfortunate; prices are relative and i can excuse higher prices if the materials are not otherwise available, but one hopes for those prices to be backed up by quality and integrity...

i've been told that Lifestyle Seeds ( http://lifestyleseeds.co.za/usd/ )is among the better outfits for quality, and they do have a nice site, just not the range of species in the particular directions i am most interested in -compared to the folks i ordered from so disastrously last year..lol

i havent looked at silverhill this year, i will have to browse again, as at least one regularly sees people showing actual plants from their seed! (though i did also have non-germinating eriospermum seed from them ...

[Diane Whitehead]

I don't fret about non-germination.  I've even had seed from my own
plants refuse to come up, so I can't expect wild plants to make viable
seeds every time.  That's one big difference between cultivated and
wild seeds - the cultivated ones have been selected for speed of
germination over many generations.  We then get spoiled, and expect
every seed to sprout within a week or two.